No more tangled necklaces

I picked up this window at the Habitat Re-Store for $5 about a week ago and I had a plan to turn it into a wall mounted jewelry organizer. Surprisingly, Matt didn’t think I was insane.

I was afraid the clear panes would look a little weird on the wall so I picked up a can of frosted glass spray paint from Home Depot. I had never used it before but it was really easy and turned out great. All you do is wash the glass and then spray two coats on. It was finished in less than 20 minutes.

I picked up a box of small hooks and painted those with the oil rubbed bronze, drilled pilot holes and voila!

The hooks will easily hold necklaces, bracelets, and rings, but what about earrings? I came up with a solution that I thought would work. I drilled holes on both sides of one of the panes and wrapped the hooks with jute.

Jute wrapped hook

With a little super glue the jute adhered perfectly to the hook and allowed me to pull it tight as I wrapped the other side. I added two screw hooks in the wall and two wire eye lags to the top of the window for hanging.

I still haven’t decided how to handle stud earrings, but I was thinking of picking up a few of the organza bags from Michael’s and then hanging those. Do you have any ideas? This is now hanging on the wall of our closet (opposite the clothes rack).

Finished!

Also, the paint color is Behr Surfer Blue (I just couldn’t resist the name…it is amazing what has meaning to you when you live in a landlocked state).

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Not only is that a practical idea, it’s also really lovely looking! Very creative! I love it enough that I think I’m going to have to copy it. (hey, imitation is supposed to the highest form of flattery, right?) 😀

That looks awesome! I have made one of these before but never that size and I used window screen. I love the blue you choose. Wish I could give you a suggestion for post earrings, but I can’t think of anything!

For the stud earrings, what about adding a small piece of cork board (you could make the bottom half of the panel that’s holding your bracelets cork board perhaps?) and sticking your earrings in like pushpins? You could keep the earring backings separate (the earrings would stay in the cork board without them) and since you need to take the backings off to put the earrings on, it would save you a step to store the earrings without the backings. I’ve seen those little squares of cork for sale at places like Staples and Target, and they look very easy to cut. Alternatively, you could even add a line of old wine corks to the bottom of one of the panels (you could cut them in half if they’re too thick) and use them to store your stud earrings.
I love this project and I think it turned out awesome!! It’s very creative and resourceful.

i saw a very similar idea on another site that im gonna start working on for christmas presents and i think it might work for you too. They took a picture frame and then backed it with chicken wire. Looked cute, kinda shabby chic-ish and it was perfect for holding all those earings!